FREECAD:Pipe Routing, make FreeCAD do the work

[@ovalwingnut]

Bravo! Bravo! Exactly what I was looking for. You RoCk. Cheers from So.Ca.USA 3rd house on the left (please call before stopping by)

[@4axisprinting]

Glad I could help!

[@stever3886]

The best video on the KZbin. Very professional, showing common mistakes and how to deal with some of the FeeCad quirks.

[@4axisprinting]

Thank you for your kind words. I'm glad that you liked the video.

[@ccmoonie]

Just discovering your channel - Excellent work! Clear explanations and efficient pacing. Thanks for your time and effort.

[@brucewilliams6292]

You did a great job on this. Thanks for sharing!

[@4axisprinting]

Thanks for watching!

[@BStott]

Thank you. I learned a lot. Found a simpler way. And it may prohibit future problems with running dual sweeps with different sized objects. I noticed that kinks and twists are too common and can happen if you overlay sweep paths with different sized objects. *** Try 'Offset' instead. You need to setup your first sweep with the tubing inside diameter sketches. As you did. Perform the 'Sweep'. But, do not select 'solid'. Instead select 'Frenet'. Complete the sweep. Select the 'Sweep' in Combo View. Select the 'Offset' command. Change parameters: Offset = 1mm, Mode = Pipe, and check 'Fill offset'. It creates a nice solid 1mm thick tube. I don't know about future or potential problems. It just seems simpler, without more sketches, sweeps, and boolean functions to cut. .

[@4axisprinting]

Sometimes offsets work great and make things simpler. Other times they seem to go into the weeds and won't come to a solution at all. The reason I avoided that answer is that seemingly small changes can tip it over and make it refuse to resolve.

[@JohnJTraston]

You don't need to do the same stuff for the outer shell. Just instance of a single circles create two and swipe that.

[@dereksinz8663]

Thank you for the tutorial! As you say, FC is quirky... At first I could not get the geometry of the fusion to select from within the sketch (at 2:55). This is because in my version of FC, there is no link to "Create Sketch" from the Part menu. So, I went to Part Design and clicked "Create Sketch" like I usually do. This automatically placed the sketch inside an active body, and since the fusion was outside the active body its geometry was unreachable. To fix the problem I went to sketcher and clicked "Create Sketch", which calls Sketcher_NewSketch. This is different from "Create Sketch" in Part Design which calls PartDesign_NewSketch. The icons look identical, and I never noticed the difference before today. Hope this helps someone.

[@4axisprinting]

Part Design really doesn't seem to mesh that well with the other workbenches though it is popular. I was using a custom toolbar (kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGnNoX6lbtp0e9U) in the Part workbench.

[@FilterYT]

That was great, thank you.

[@4axisprinting]

You're very welcome!

[@stever3886]

I want to create a path similar to yours in part design. The part will turn 90 degrees 3 times, each time with the sweep path orthogonal to the path, It will be in a cube, with. Nozzle on two faces. It will use subtractive sweep.

[@4axisprinting]

You may be interested in my video kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6O3c4djpL2Ears. It' a toroidal propeller design but it shows using a sketch as a scaffold for a mid-sweep anchor to provide more control over the sweep. You may want that to make the 90 degree turns.

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